Nolan Ryan Schanuel (pronounced SHAWN-uh-well)...On Twitter: @NSchanuel... Played with Angels shortstop Zach Neto in the South Florida Collegiate League before college... Majored in Business Entrepreneurship at Florida Atlantic University... Played collegiately at Florida Atlantic University, where he batted .385 (239-for-620) with 46 home runs, 179 runs scored, 176 RBI, 31 stolen bases and a 1.214 career OPS across three seasons...Set a single-season FAU record with 71 walks in 2023 and set a Conference-USA record with a .615 on-base percentage... Collegiate accolades include being named the 2023 Conference USA Player of the Year, First Team All-American, First Team All-Southeast Region, First Team All-C-USA, Academic All-American, First Team Golden Spikes Award semifinalist and a Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award semifinalist; In 2022, was named a Preseason All-American, First Team All-C-USA, C-USA All-Academic team and Southeast All-Region Second Team; Named Freshman All-America, ABCA/Rawlings Second Team All-Region and Second Team All-C-USA in 2021... Favorite movie is Bull Durham... Enjoys golfing and fishing in his free time... Originally signed by Angels scout Brandon McArthur.
2025
Made second consecutive Opening Day roster with Angels...Batted .264 (129-for-488) with 64 runs scored, 23 doubles,12 home runs, 53 RBI, five stolen bases, a .742 OPS and a 109 wRC+ in 132 games in third season with LAA...Set career highs in runs scored, doubles, batting average, slugging percentage (.389), OPS, wRC+, and total bases (190)...Finished with the second-lowest strikeout rate (12.6%) among qualified first basemen in MLB, and ranked third among A.L. first basemen in walk rate (10.5%)...Led Angels in batting average and ranked second in on-base percentage (.353)...OBP ranked 12th in the American League...Batted .294 (84-for-286) with 38 runs, 15 doubles, seven home runs, 36 RBI, 120 total bases and a .803 OPS in 75 games with a PA from May 3 to July 30...Recorded career-high four hits in a game July 22 at New York (N.L.)...Collected 10 games with at least three hits in 2025...Led Angels with 38 multi-hit games in 2025...Batted .318 (42-for-132) with 20 XBH and a 1.147 OPS when ahead in the count...Led Halos in batting average with runners in scoring position .307 (31-for-101) with eight doubles, one triple, three home runs and 42 RBI (min. 50 at-bats)...Ranked in the 93rd percentile in strikeout rate, and in the 92nd percentile in whiff rate (15.0%)...Also ranked in the 93rd percentile in squared-up rate (32.4%) (Baseball Savant)...On July 7 vs. Texas, recorded his second walk-off of the season with walk-off walk was the Angels' first walk-off walk since Chone Figgins on Aug. 4, 2008 vs. Baltimore...Logged first career walk-off with an RBI single on June 10 vs. Athletics...Homered in consecutive games for the second time in his career on April 12-13...Missed 24 games with a left wrist contusion from Aug. 24 to Sept. 19...Visited La Madera Elementary on Sept. 9 as part of the Angels Classroom Connections program...Took photos, signed autographs and spoke to students...Visited patients at Memorial Care Miller Children's & Women's Hospital Long Beach on June 9...Took photos, signed autographs and brought gifts for children at the hospital.
2024
Batted .250 (130/519) with 62 runs scored, 19 doubles, 13 home runs, 54 RBI and 10 stolen bases in 147 games in second season with Angels...Set career-long 13-game hitting streak Sept. 9-22; batted .370 (17/46) with five runs, two doubles, one home run, nine RBI and a .933 OPS during streak... Recorded four hitting streaks of at least nine games...Led American League rookies in plate appearances (607), on-base percentage (.343), walks (68), strikeout rate (17.0%), and times on base (207)...Ranked first on Angels in batting average (.250), OBP (.343) and walks (68)...From June 12 - Aug. 2, batted .325 (49/151) with 24 runs, eight doubles, four home runs, 16 RBI with a .897 OPS...Batted .280 (87/311) with 43 runs, 15 doubles, six home runs, 32 RBI and .772 OPS across final 89 games... Finished with 22 multiple-hit games during span...Reached base in 14 consecutive games from Aug. 13-30; batted .300 (15/50)...Led all rookies with three leadoff home runs; second-most by a rookie in Angels history (Mike Trout . 5 in 2012)...Notched eight three-hit games in 2024...Had only one three-hit game in 2023... Finished with career-high 13 home runs...Homered in back-to-back games for first time in career July 26-27...Sixth Angel ever to hit 10 home runs and steal 10 bases in their rookie season, and the first since 2018 (Shohei Ohtani)...On-base streak to begin his career spanned 30 games from Aug. 18, 2023-March 28, 2024...Longest ever by an Angel and third-longest in MLB history...Reached base in 37 consecutive games (including reaching on errors) from Aug. 18, 2023-April 6, 2024...It was the longest to start a career in Angels history and the sixth longest in Club history at any point in a career...At 22 years, 43 days, became the youngest Opening Day first baseman in Angels history (previous: Jim Spencer - 22 years, 251 days in 1970)...First Angels rookie first baseman to start on Opening Day since Mark Trumbo in 2011.
2023
Contract selected by Angels, Aug. 18...Made MLB debut that night vs. Tampa Bay... was a part of Halos’ first triple play since 1997, becoming the first player to take part in a triple play in his MLB debut since Sal Fasano in 1996... Ended season with active on-base streak to start career at 29 games; a new Angels record for the longest such streak to start a Major League career (previous, Darin Erstad in 1996, 15 G)... First career home run came on Sept. 16 vs. DET against Sawyer Gipson-Long (also recorded first career three-hit game)... Established franchise record with 10-game hit streak to start MLB career...David Eckstein held previous record with nine-game streak to start his career in 2001... Had hits in 23 of 29 games to start MLB career... Became first player from 2023 Draft to play in Majors, just 40 days after being selected... third Angels player to debut in his Draft year, joining LHP Brian Anderson (1993) and Danny Goodwin (1975)... Played 22 games in Angels minor league system...Batted .365 (27/74) with 20 runs, four doubles, one triple, one home run, and 15 RBI... In 59 games played for Florida Atlantic University in 2023, batted .447 (88/197) with 70 runs, 18 doubles, four triples, 19 home runs, 64 RBI, 14 stolen bases and recorded a 1.483 OPS.
